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78 past books matching Magical Realism
A sudden absence reshapes the country and the people left behind.
Sky Full of Elephants
People of Color · Literary Fiction · Magical Realism
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A sudden absence reshapes the country and the people left behind. Sky Full of Elephants follows Charlie Brunton as he answers a call from the daughter he has never known and journeys with her across a transformed America. As they confront trauma, identity, and inherited distance, the novel explores belonging and reconciliation through speculative fiction grounded in grief, connection, and hard-earned understanding.
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In this “bold and imaginative” (Tananarive Due) “truly powerful and riveting story” (Booklist) set in a world where white people no longer exist, college professor Charlie Brunton receives a call from his estranged daughter Sidney, setting off a chain of events as they journey across a truly “post-racial” America in search of answers.
In a world without white people, what does it mean to be Black?
One day, a cataclysmic event occurs: all of the white people in America walk into the nearest body of water. A year later, Charlie Brunton is a Black man living in an entirely new world. Having served his time in prison for a wrongful conviction, he’s now a professor of electric and solar power systems at Howard University when he receives a call from someone he wasn’t even sure existed: his daughter Sidney, a nineteen-year-old left behind by her white mother and step-family.
Traumatized by the event, and terrified of the outside world, Sidney has spent a year in isolation in Wisconsin. Desperate for help, she turns to the father she never met, a man she has always resented. Sidney and Charlie meet for the first time as they embark on a journey across a truly “post-racial” America in search for answers. But neither of them are prepared for this new world and how they see themselves in it.
Heading south toward what is now called the Kingdom of Alabama, everything Charlie and Sidney thought they knew about themselves, and the world, will be turned upside down. Brimming with heart and humor, “this stunning allegory will spark much discussion” (Publishers Weekly, starred review) about the power of community and connection, about healing and self-actualization, and a reckoning with what it means to be Black in America, in both their world and ours.
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After her magician husband’s sudden death, Sabine discovers the family he claimed was lost is very much alive.
The Magician’s Assistant
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Magical Realism
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After her magician husband’s sudden death, Sabine discovers the family he claimed was lost is very much alive. Traveling from Los Angeles to rural Nebraska, she unravels his secrets and her own identity. This emotionally resonant novel holds 4.2 stars on Amazon and more than 50,000 Goodreads ratings.
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From the bestselling author of The Dutch House, a secretive magician’s death becomes the catalyst for his partner’s journey of self-discovery in this “enchanting” book (San Francisco Chronicle) “that is something of a magic trick in itself.” (Newsweek)
When Parsifal, a handsome and charming magician, dies suddenly, his widow Sabine—who was also his faithful assistant for twenty years—learns that the family he claimed to have lost in a tragic accident is very much alive and well. Sabine is left to unravel his secrets, and the journey she takes, from sunny Los Angeles to the bitter windswept plains of Nebraska, will work its own magic on her.
Sabine's extraordinary tale, “with its big dreams, vast spaces, and disparate realities lying side by side” captures the hearts of its readers and “proves to be the perfect place for miraculous transformations.” (The New Yorker)
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Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita is a satirical, supernatural classic blending romance, philosophy, and biting social critique.
The Master and Margarita
Literary Fiction · Magical Realism
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Mikhail Bulgakov’s The Master and Margarita is a satirical, supernatural classic blending romance, philosophy, and biting social critique. With 4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this enduring masterpiece skewers Soviet society while telling a timeless love story. A devil, a talking cat, and a fearless woman collide in one of the most imaginative novels of the 20th century.
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Moscow, 1930s. The city thrives on bureaucracy, hypocrisy, and fear. Into this world strides Woland, a devil in disguise, trailed by a talking cat, a vampire, and a trickster with a taste for chaos. Their arrival exposes the greed and corruption of the Soviet elite, turning Moscow upside down.
Amid this madness, the Master, a censored and broken writer, finds his only salvation in Margarita, whose love defies despair. When she strikes a dangerous bargain with Woland to save him, she steps into a realm where love, art, and evil intertwine.
At once satirical, romantic, and deeply philosophical, Bulgakov’s masterpiece explores the eternal clash between truth and lies, faith and cynicism. In a world ruled by fear, what chance does love have against the devil?
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In a magical version of contemporary America, a teen who can summon animal spirits investigates her cousin’s death after his ghost reveals it was murder.
Elatsoe
People of Color · Literary Fiction · Teen + Young Adult · Indigenous Fiction · Magical Realism
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In a magical version of contemporary America, a teen who can summon animal spirits investigates her cousin’s death after his ghost reveals it was murder. Drawing on family, history, and ancestral knowledge, she confronts a town built on secrets. This award-winning YA fantasy holds 4.4 stars on Amazon and widespread critical acclaim.
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A Texas teen comes face-to-face with a cousin's ghost and vows to unmask the murderer.
Elatsoe—Ellie for short—lives in an alternate contemporary America shaped by the ancestral magics and knowledge of its Indigenous and immigrant groups. She can raise the spirits of dead animals—most importantly, her ghost dog Kirby. When her beloved cousin dies, all signs point to a car crash, but his ghost tells her otherwise: He was murdered.
Who killed him and how did he die? With the help of her family, her best friend Jay, and the memory great, great, great, great, great, great grandmother, Elatsoe, must track down the killer and unravel the mystery of this creepy town and its dark past. But will the nefarious townsfolk and a mysterious Doctor stop her before she gets started?
A breathtaking debut novel featuring an asexual, Apache teen protagonist, Elatsoe combines mystery, horror, noir, ancestral knowledge, haunting illustrations, fantasy elements, and is one of the most-talked about debuts of the year.
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Francesca May’s Wild and Wicked Things is a gothic 1920s fantasy brimming with illicit magic, dangerous romance, and murder.
Wild and Wicked Things
Occult Horror · LGBTQIA+ · Literary Fiction · Lesbian Romance · Magical Realism
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Francesca May’s Wild and Wicked Things is a gothic 1920s fantasy brimming with illicit magic, dangerous romance, and murder. An Oprah Daily Top 25 Fantasy Book of 2022 with 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this haunting tale of Crow Island will enchant fans of dark, decadent fantasy where witchcraft is irresistible—and wickedness always costs.
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The 1920s glitter on Crow Island, but beneath the champagne and smoke, something darker stirs. Annie Mason arrives with practical intentions: settle her estranged father’s estate and perhaps mend her fractured bond with Beatrice, the best friend who left her behind. She has no interest in magic—not after it ruined her life.
But Crow Island thrives on temptation. And no temptation is greater than Emmeline Delacroix, Annie’s mysterious new neighbor, said to dabble in witchcraft and worse. Drawn into Emmeline’s glittering, dangerous world, Annie soon finds herself seduced by spells, secrets, and desires she never expected.
As whispers of murder spread, Annie must decide whether to embrace the wickedness she fears—or be consumed by it. On Crow Island, magic always demands a price.
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Ayanna Lloyd Banwo’s debut When We Were Birds is a mythic Trinidadian love story, named one of The New York Times’ Best Books of the Year.
When We Were Birds
Literary Fiction · Coming of Age · Magical Realism
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Ayanna Lloyd Banwo’s debut When We Were Birds is a mythic Trinidadian love story, named one of The New York Times’ Best Books of the Year. With a 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this radiant novel of inheritance, loss, and love’s power to heal unfolds in a haunted cemetery where fate, tradition, and passion converge.
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In the city of Port Angeles, where rainforest shadows press against crumbling streets, Yejide stands on the edge of inheritance. Her dying mother leaves her a legacy older than memory: the St. Bernard women alone can guide the restless dead into the afterlife. But Yejide, scarred by years of neglect, wants freedom—not duty.
Darwin arrives from the countryside, newly shorn of his dreadlocks, burdened with a faith that forbids him from touching death. Yet the only job he can find is as a gravedigger in Fidelis Cemetery, where the dead do not rest easily.
As Yejide and Darwin’s paths entwine, myth and reality collide in a tale of love, loss, and fate. Some inherit curses. Others inherit callings. Together, they may inherit hope.
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Gods of Jade and Shadow is a Nebula Award finalist and NPR Best Book of the Year.
Gods of Jade and Shadow
Historical Fantasy · Magical Realism · People of Color
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Silvia Moreno-Garcia’s Gods of Jade and Shadow is a Nebula Award finalist and NPR Best Book of the Year. With 4.5 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this dazzling 1920s fairy tale follows Casiopea, a young woman who unleashes the Mayan god of death and joins him on a perilous quest through Mexico’s jazz age and underworld.
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Casiopea Tun spends her days scrubbing floors in her grandfather’s house, dreaming of escape. Her life feels as small as her dusty town in southern Mexico—until she opens a forbidden wooden box and unleashes a god. Not just any god, but Hun-Kamé, the Mayan god of death, betrayed and dethroned by his brother.
Bound to him by fate, Casiopea must help reclaim his throne or face destruction herself. Her journey spans 1920s Mexico, from Yucatán’s jungles to Mexico City’s glittering jazz halls, and finally into the obsidian depths of Xibalba, the underworld.
As myth and modernity collide, Casiopea finds not only danger but freedom, identity, and even love. But the road to destiny is paved in shadows—will she survive the gods’ game?
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Anjali Sachdeva’s All the Names They Used for God is an award-winning debut short story collection praised by Roxane Gay as “one of the best.” Winner of the…
All the Names They Used for God
Literary Fiction · Magical Realism · Speculative Fiction
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Anjali Sachdeva’s All the Names They Used for God is an award-winning debut short story collection praised by Roxane Gay as “one of the best.” Winner of the Chautauqua Prize and longlisted for The Story Prize, this genre-defying work blends sci-fi, myth, and magical realism. With a 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon, it’s dark, dazzling, and unforgettable.
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In All the Names They Used for God, Anjali Sachdeva bends reality into something strange, gorgeous, and unforgettable. A group of Nigerian schoolgirls, kidnapped by Boko Haram, search for meaning in the aftermath of trauma. A man falls under the spell of a mermaid. Seven genetically engineered sisters grapple with a mysterious illness that threatens to undo them.
Across science fiction, Gothic, magical realism, and horror, these stories refuse to fit neatly into one box. What unites them is a fierce confrontation with fate—characters pushed to the limits of survival, wonder, and despair, searching for the sublime in a fractured world.
Daring, haunting, and limitlessly imaginative, this award-winning collection proves why Roxane Gay calls it “one of the best” she’s ever read.
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Perfect for fans of heartwarming stories about love, loss, and second chances.
Harry’s Trees
Literary Fiction · Contemporary Fiction · Magical Realism · Women's Fiction
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Jon Cohen’s Harry’s Trees is a USA Today bestseller that blends grief, hope, and a touch of magic. With a 4.6 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this uplifting tale follows a grieving widower, a determined girl, and a mysterious book that binds them together. Perfect for fans of heartwarming stories about love, loss, and second chances.
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Harry Crane never expected to become a widower at thirty-four. Crushed by grief, he abandons his job with the U.S. Forest Service and retreats into the wilds of Pennsylvania, determined to disappear. But fate, it seems, has other plans.
Oriana, a fiercely imaginative young girl mourning her own father’s death, believes Harry holds the key to healing her fractured world. With her mother, Amanda, and the town’s courageous librarian, they hatch an extraordinary scheme sparked by a mysterious book.
Reluctant at first, Harry soon finds himself swept into a golden adventure that blends loss, magic, and hope. To help Oriana is to confront his own pain—and maybe discover that even broken hearts can grow again.
Sometimes redemption hides in unexpected places.
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Mariana Enriquez’s Our Share of Night is a literary horror masterpiece longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and hailed as one of TIME’s 10 Best Novels of the…
Our Share of Night
Horror · Literary Fiction · Magical Realism
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Mariana Enriquez’s Our Share of Night is a literary horror masterpiece longlisted for the Dublin Literary Award and hailed as one of TIME’s 10 Best Novels of the Year. With 4.4 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this cult-haunted, multigenerational tale blends grief, terror, and the occult into an unforgettable reading experience praised by The Washington Post and The New York Times.
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When Mariana dies, she leaves behind more than grief. Her husband, Juan, and their young son, Gaspar, inherit her family’s dark legacy: the Order, a secretive cult that commits unspeakable acts in pursuit of immortality. Now father and son must navigate a world where bloodlines are destiny and escape is nearly impossible.
As the Order closes in, Juan struggles to shield Gaspar from the horrors awaiting him, but even love may not be enough to sever the chains of inheritance. From swinging London to Argentina’s military dictatorship, the past and present collide in a tale where ghosts linger, desire twists, and family becomes the most terrifying prison of all.
Epic, unsettling, and unforgettable, Our Share of Night is literary horror at its most masterful.
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Ryan La Sala’s Reverie is a wildly inventive YA fantasy where dream worlds become reality—and threaten to destroy it.
Reverie
Fantasy · LGBTQIA+ · Literary Fiction · Magical Realism
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Ryan La Sala’s Reverie is a wildly inventive YA fantasy where dream worlds become reality—and threaten to destroy it. A B&N YA Book Club Pick and Indie Next selection with a 4.3 out of 5 stars on Amazon, this “joyously, riotously queer” (Kirkus) debut blends imagination, danger, and LGBTQ+ representation into a dazzling, unforgettable adventure.
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Kane Montgomery should be dead. Weeks ago, he was dragged half-conscious from a river with no memory of how he got there. Now, reality itself feels unstable. Colors are sharper, shadows heavier, and impossible things keep breaking through.
Then three classmates appear, claiming to be his friends—and the only ones who know what’s happening. Kane isn’t sure who to trust, but he doesn’t have much time to decide. Fantastical dreamscapes are bleeding into the real world, each more dazzling and dangerous than the last. And at the heart of it all lies a dark magic that ties back to Kane’s missing memories.
If he can’t unlock the truth, Kane won’t just lose himself. He might watch reality unravel for everyone.
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In the shadow of a nation’s birth, a child’s life begins already entwined with history’s weight and consequence.
Midnight’s Children
Literary Fiction · Magical Realism · Psychological Fiction
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In the shadow of a nation’s birth, a child’s life begins already entwined with history’s weight and consequence. In Midnight's Children, Salman Rushdie follows Saleem Sinai, whose telepathic link to others born at India’s independence binds him to a fractured, evolving country. This is literary fiction shaped by memory, identity, and myth, where personal fate and national destiny become impossible to separate.
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The iconic masterpiece of India that introduced the world to “a glittering novelist—one with startling imaginative and intellectual resources, a master of perpetual storytelling” (The New Yorker)
WINNER OF THE BEST OF THE BOOKERS • SOON TO BE A NETFLIX ORIGINAL SERIES
Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best novels of all time • The fortieth anniversary edition, featuring a new introduction by the author
Saleem Sinai is born at the stroke of midnight on August 15, 1947, the very moment of India’s independence. Greeted by fireworks displays, cheering crowds, and Prime Minister Nehru himself, Saleem grows up to learn the ominous consequences of this coincidence. His every act is mirrored and magnified in events that sway the course of national affairs; his health and well-being are inextricably bound to those of his nation; his life is inseparable, at times indistinguishable, from the history of his country. Perhaps most remarkable are the telepathic powers linking him with India’s 1,000 other “midnight’s children,” all born in that initial hour and endowed with magical gifts.
This novel is at once a fascinating family saga and an astonishing evocation of a vast land and its people–a brilliant incarnation of the universal human comedy. Forty years after its publication, Midnight’s Children stands apart as both an epochal work of fiction and a brilliant performance by one of the great literary voices of our time.
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